Kerala gave an emotional farewell on Saturday IAF Junior Warrant Officer A Pradeep, a type of killed in final Wednesday’s helicopter crash in Coonoor, Tamil Nadu.
His seven-year-old son Dakshin Dev lit a pyre at his residence in Thrissur’s Puthur village, whilst weapons had been fired within the officer’s honor.
People pay their final respects to JWO A Pradeep at his residence in Ponnukkara in Thrissur district. (ANI)
Earlier within the day, the physique of the officer, which was introduced from Delhi to the IAF station at Sulur close to Coimbatore, was taken by street to Thrissur. At the state border, ministers Okay Rajan, Okay Krishnankutty and Okay Radhakrishnan obtained the physique on behalf of the state authorities. Union Minister of State V Muraleedharan and Thrissur MP TN Pratapan got here from Delhi with the physique.
Thousands of individuals had been holding nationwide flags on either side of the street from Valayar to Thrissur, the state border, to pay tribute to the officer. The physique was saved for a public tribute at a faculty in Puthur, the place Pradeep studied.
Pradeep’s father A Radhakrishnan, an agricultural labourer, has been placed on life assist. On Friday itself, the household knowledgeable the daddy concerning the demise of the elder son.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
